Metro Vancouver events on April 13, 2019

Copa Katana VII Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championship

Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports

Capture Festival

At Science World, the goal is to share these ideas in new and interesting ways and show how art can sometimes be a better way to communicate a science concept than words alone

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Show

Lynne Cohen: These Walls

Lynne Cohen is best known for her photographs of institutional interior spaces. Generally inaccessible to the public, these spaces include medical laboratories, private offices, factories, shooting ranges and military installations

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Affinities: Canadian Artists and France

This exhibition of works from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Collection focuses on influences of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Surrealism on Canadian artists during the first half of the twentieth century

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Mowry Baden

This exhibition comprises internationally acclaimed Victoria-based artist Mowry Baden’s work from the late 1960s to the present

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Displacement

This exhibition of contemporary works from the Gallery's collection features art that evokes displacement as a tool to elicit viewer reactions ranging from empathy and understanding, to the unexpected and disruptive

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Community Easter Egg Hunt by Hillview Parent Participation Preschool Burnaby

Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt

Burnaby | Hillview Preschool | Kids

ZoomerShow Vancouver 2019

Canada's largest consumer show dedicated to helping you live your best life!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Adad Hannah - The Decameron Retold

HaAdad nnah’s, The Decameron Retold, is a newly commissioned artwork by the Richmond Art Gallery based on the 14th-century literary work, The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

SWART

We are a creative bunch!Come by to enjoy an eclectic collection of photography, paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculptures and more, all created by the staff at Science World!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Sakura Days Japan Fair 2019

Sakura Days Japan Fair is an annual family-friendly festival, presented in partnership with the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival

Sakura Days Performance

Come catch Vancouver's NEWEST wagakki group - Dahaza - at the Sakura Days Japan Fair 2019 at beautiful VanDusen Botanical Gardens

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:40 am to 11:30 am | Performing Arts

Aizome Indigo Dye Workshop

This workshop is suited for beginners

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop

Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade

Come celebrate Vaisakhi on Saturday April 13th from 11am-5pm. Held in South Vancouver, come together with the entire community of all walks of life

Vancouver | 8000 Ross Street | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Salmon Girl by Carousel Theatre for Young People

Salmon Girl invites us to tap into the traditional wisdom of the salmon with the innocence and playfulness of a child’s heart and mind

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids

Balcony Gardening Seminars

Through hand-on seminars, learn the fundamentals of small space gardening from getting your garden started to maximizing your crops in every season.

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Workshop

Hop In for Gold Easter Egg Hunt by City Square Shopping Centre

Hippity Hoppity! Easter is on its way! Join us at our annual Easter Egg Hunt for a chance to win 1 out of 12 Golden Egg, with a fabulous prize inside!

Vancouver | City Square Shopping Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Clown Gym - Work it OUT

This Is For Conditioning! Work Your Clown Muscles! Get Your Weekly Work Out Play Out Here With Us

Vancouver | Dusty Flower Shop | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Comedy

Elements Film Festival

ELEMENTS is a showcase of the best environmental films from British Columbian, Canadian and International filmmakers.

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 12:00 am to 8:00 pm | Film

Curator's Tour: Amalie Atkins, where the hour floats

Join curator Katherine Dennis for a free, public tour of the exhibition Amalie Atkins: where the hour floats

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 12:30 am to 1:00 pm | Exhibition

Jack and the Magic Bean by Presentation House Theatre

Jack and the Magic Bean is coming home!

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm | Kids

Westminster Savings Family Day

Westminster Savings Family Days aim to help build an appreciation of the arts by bringing families together in an art gallery setting

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Salmon Girl

Salmon Girl invites us to tap into the traditional wisdom of the salmon with the innocence and playfulness of a child’s heart and mind

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Kids

Th Arts Club Theatre Company: The Orchard (After Chekhov)

Timeless family drama set in the Okanagan Valley. Inspired by the playwright’s own childhood, this fresh adaptation confronts life, loss, and the Canadian immigrant experience with humour and beauty

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Vagabond Players: Detroit By Lisa D’Amour

In a first-ring suburb just outside a city that might be Detroit, Ben and Mary see sudden signs of life at the deserted house next door and invite their new neighbors Sharon and Kenny over for a barbecue

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

The Arts Club Theatre Company: Bed & Breakfast

A charming comedy about being out and finding home

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Pacific Theatre: Cherry Docs by David Gow

Danny is an ambitious Jewish defense lawyer assigned to defend an unrepentant neo-Nazi accused of murder.

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Royal City Musical Theatre: Singin’ in the Rain

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Royal City Musical Theatre is excited to present the movie classic, Singin’ in the Rain

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Delinquent Theatre presents - Never the Last

Berlin 1919: A violin prodigy and composer meets an expressionist painter and war veteran. She is passionate, rude, and gifted; he is witty, emotional, and compassionate

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre

Firehall Arts Centre: The Tashme Project: The Living Archives

The Tashme Project: The Living ArchivesA verbatim theatre project created by Julie Tamiko Manning and Matt Miwa

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre

Chor Leoni: MYVoice at the Chan

The young men of Chor Leoni’s MYVoice storm the stage for MYVoice at the Chan, the culminating event of this free outreach program

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music | Free

The Invisible Orange 10th Anniversary Show

This is a party to celebrate a decade of bringing high quality shows to British Columbia.

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Girlpool

MRG Concerts Presents: Girlpool with Guests Hatchie and Claud

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Dreamstate Vancouver 2019

Insomniac Events x Harbour Convention Centre presents, Dreamstate 2019 Vancouver - "Your Trance Destination"

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 7:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

HEALTH

L.A. based noise rock band HEALTH bring their dissonant yet accessible brand of art-damaged pop for the ‘Wheels of Fear Tour’ with guests Youth Code

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Muzewest Concerts presents Daniel Shapiro, distinguished pianist

Daniel Shapiro continues to gain recognition as a leading interpreter of Schubert, Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, and Beethoven, and as a teacher and coach at the Cleveland Institute of Music

Vancouver | Tom Lee Music Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

The Murlocs

Timbre Concerts presents Australian rock band The Murlocs with guests

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Switchfoot

Switchfoot The Native Tongue Tour with guest Colony House and Tyson Motsenbocker

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:15 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Royal City Musical Theatre presents Singin’ in the Rain

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Royal City Musical Theatre is excited to present the movie classic, Singin’ in the Rain

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

UBC Theatre Presents: A One Act Double Feature!

It's that beautiful time of year again - the UBC Theatre MFA Directing One Acts! Come and see two spectacular shows directed by MFA Directing Candidate Sloan Thompson and PhD Theatre Candidate Mark Swetz!

Vancouver | Dorothy Somerset Studio | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts | Free

The Arts and Alley Theatre: The Good Bride

A one-woman comedy about a Quiverfull Christian girl

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

CapU Classical & Choral Series: Brahms' Requiem

Brahms' Requiem is one of the most beautiful choral works ever written. This sublime and powerfully dramatic work will be paired with Vaughan-Williams’ voluptuous Serenade to Music

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Vagabond Players: Detroit

In a first-ring suburb just outside a city that might be Detroit, Ben and Mary see sudden signs of life at the deserted house next door and invite their new neighbors Sharon and Kenny over for a barbecue

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Firehall Arts Centre presents: The Tashme Project: The Living Archives

The Tashme Project: The Living ArchivesA verbatim theatre project created by Julie Tamiko Manning and Matt Miwa

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

North Vancouver Community Players: Almost, Maine By John Cariani

On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote mythical town of Almost, Maine

North Vancouver | Theatre at Hendry Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Jane Austen’s Persuasion Adapted by Tim Luscombe

An adaptation of Jane Austen’s last novel, Persuasion features her most mature heroine, Anne Elliot

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Steel Panther with guest Bruiser Brody

Steel Panther is an American glam metal band from Los Angeles, California, mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics, as well as their exaggerated on-stage personae that reenact the stereotypical "glam metal" lifestyle

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

The Rogue Folk Club Presents Vasen

Väsen, a Swedish acoustic trio, now in its 27th year of touring together

Vancouver | St. James Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Cherry Docs by David Gow

Danny is an ambitious Jewish defense lawyer assigned to defend an unrepentant neo-Nazi accused of murder.

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: The Orchard (After Chekhov)

Timeless family drama set in the Okanagan Valley. Inspired by the playwright’s own childhood, this fresh adaptation confronts life, loss, and the Canadian immigrant experience with humour and beauty

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: Bed & Breakfast

A charming comedy about being out and finding home

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Spring Festival - Visions of Joy: Beethoven's 9th

The Unanswered Question by American composer Charles Ives poses that most vexing of existential questions: What is the meaning of existence? Unanswerable, it remains unanswered

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Delinquent Theatre presents: Never the Last

Berlin 1919: A violin prodigy and composer meets an expressionist painter and war veteran. She is passionate, rude, and gifted; he is witty, emotional, and compassionate

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Australia's Thunder From Down Under

Australia’s Thunder From Down Under returns to Hard Rock Casino Vancouver with their internationally acclaimed all-male dance revue

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

MOMIX (US) - Viva MOMIX

In honour of MOMIX’s celebrated history, Viva MOMIX distills more than three decades of work into a compilation of audience and critical favourites

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Blindside by Stephanie Morin-Robert

In a feat of riveting comedy, one-eyed storytelling champion and cancer survivor Stephanie Morin-Robert recounts her life as a feisty 7-year-old who wields her glass-eye as a superpower

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

The Heavy

Welcome back to The Heavy, Britain’s most incendiary party-starters and reliably impossible to pigeonhole funksoulhiphoprandbrockdance gang

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:55 pm | Music

The Attractions

The Attractions are a band comprised of four extremely talented musicians who love to play music

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

BYE Felicia – She’s Baaack w/VaNCiTY RoYALTY!

The perfect dismissal, “Bye Felicia!” is a goodbye given to any unwanted, irritating, or disliked person, place or thing.

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Party